1.   By the time the police arrived on the scene, the burglars had fled.

2.   The burglars fled after triggering the alarm.

3.   The burglars fled.

4.   The burglar had fled after ransacking the house, police said.

5.   The burglars fled the house in Hampstead, northwest London.

6.   The burglars fled in a small car but returned minutes later and fired through a trailer wall, hitting Valencia, police said.

7.   They handed over rings and a necklace, but managed to trigger an alarm and the burglars fled.

8.   The family returned shortly after the young burglar fled and quickly turned the oven off, narrowly averting an explosion.